Shia LaBeouf Has Another Batsh*t Art Project

What would we do without Shia LaBeouf? Probably live our lives exactly as we are currently living them. But we are in a world where we can get mildly distracted by the weird shit he does every few months. Late last year, LaBeouf sat down in a New York movie theater to watch every single one of his movies consecutively and live-streamed his face the whole time. This was a funny thing to do! Oddly enough,writers had some pretty hot takes on the stunt. Anyway, since these art projects are getting him some ever-so-slight Internet buzz, he's got a new one for us: a performance piece called #TOUCHMYSOUL.

For three days in December, LaBeouf posted a phone number outside of a Liverpool art gallery. Inside, LaBeouf and his two partners (Nastja Säde Rökkö and Luke Turner) fielded more than 1,000 calls from strangers around the world, Rolling Stone reports. LaBeouf and his partners asked the callers the exact same question: "Can you touch my soul?" LaBeouf spoke to a woman's disabled son, a female wrestler interested in fetishes, and other equally interesting characters.

According to the video's description, #TOUCHMYSOUL "asks us how we can truly connect with another person across the networks, what this feels like, and how we can be moved by such an encounter" and "attempts to bring those connections into focus, and capture what happens in a lasting, indelible way."

Sure, that's totally a thing. And if you're so inclined, here's 10 hours of footage from LaBeouf watching all of his movies.

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